An adolescent’s emotional and psychological balance plays a crucial role in society, where stable mental health is the understructure of young people’s emotional and intellectual growth. Any sort of mental imbalance in a minor’s state of well being can leave their social skills at critically low levels that can exponentially affect them later in life. This is a substantial public health concern with considerable associated costs to individuals, families, and society. A total of 13%–20% of children living in the United States experience a mental disorder in a given year (CDC 8-10). Suicide, which can result from the interaction of mental disorders and other factors, was the second leading cause of death among children aged twelve to seventeen …show more content…
They know their reactions aren’t always logical but cannot control them. As with all mental health disorders, they can interfere with everyday functioning in life and work roles (BHR 3). Sub disorders like post traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, and clinical depression can be argued that it directly affected Holden Caulfield. The community developed in a way that allowed the youthful generation to have a growing voice, and with an easily fracturable state of mind, teenagers lose their say in the general public’s eyes. In today’s society, Holden, if not diagnosed correctly, would have been ostracized for his actions. Catcher in the Rye allowed the public’s attitude towards Holden to be pessimistic and unsympathetic towards him, holding an extremely negative impact towards him and influenced Holden to leave a gap between him and the rest of the world. Holden consistently claimed everyone as “phonies”, but one can be lead to the idea that he labeled people that instead of allowing himself to be accepted in the society he lived in. "One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies (Salinger